Organizational histories, select correspondence, ephemera, newsletters, scrapbooks and photographs from the AdAmAn Club, a Colorado Springs-based mountaineering club founded in 1922 by five men who hiked to the summit of Pikes Peak on December 31st to welcome the New Year. Each year one official member is added to the club and every New Year’s Eve club members and invited guests climb to the summit of Pikes Peak and set off fireworks at midnight. Scrapbooks include newspaper clippings and photographs from early AdAmAn hikes.

Records of the Alexander Film Company, Alexander Aircraft Company, and Alexander Industries. The collection contains the correspondence of J. Don Alexander from 1921 to 1945, the bulk of the material falling between 1921 and 1932. Also included within the collection are photographs, magazine articles, clippings, scrapbooks and miscellaneous papers covering a period from 1904 to 1976, and publications and promotional materials related to the Alexander business endeavors during a period from the 1920s to the 1950s.

Records of the All Souls Unitarian Church of Colorado Springs, Colorado, including minute books, correspondence, financial records and blueprints, as well as manuscript sermons by Rev. Hurley Begun, minister for All Souls from 1923 to 1960. Other materials include newspaper clippings of church members and church activities, printed membership directories and lists, church newsletters and programs and printed sermons of several All Souls ministers. Materials in this collection cover dates from 1890-1990, with the bulk of the material from 1958-1970.

Letter written by convicted murderer Alvin Bundy while in jail. Letter is addressed to Lowell Fuller and is dated March 28, 1949. Bundy was interrogated by “Dad” Bruce and his murder of Jimmy Fox made national news.

March 28, 1949

MSS 0417 SC

American Veteran Interviews

(1 DVD)

1 DVD of oral history interviews with local veterans conducted by Jordan Humphries in completion of the Eagle Scout Service Project. Interviewees: (1) Russell Stott, (2) George Mintz, (3) Glenn Werner.

November 14, 2015

MSS 0449

American War Mothers, Colorado Springs Chapter Records

(1 Folder)

Photocopies of American War Mothers, Colorado Springs Chapter Records. Material includes meeting minutes, clippings, an application, and photographs. Original documents have been donated to the Denver Public Library.

September 1921-November 1923

MSS 0428 SC

Andrew Marshall Papers

(6 c.f.)

Andrew Marshall served as mayor of Colorado Springs from 1973-1975. The Andrew Marshall Papers range from 1947-1991 and include Correspondence, Business Material, Printed Material, Scrapbooks, Awards & Recognitions, and Photographs.

Notes, correspondence, programs, plans, files, etc., relating to the Colorado Springs Symphony and Ansbacher's role in the Colorado Springs community, such as Citizen's Goals, Public Education Coalition, El Paso County Auditorium, etc., and the White House Fellows and World Affairs Council.

An Appraisal of Value of Commercial Real Property. West one-half of Block 61. City of Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado.

1971

MSS 0447 SC

Dave Argenta,

see EPHEMERA - NOTECARDS

Association for Childhood Education International – Pikes Peak Branch

(.5 cubic ft.)

Scrapbook of clippings, correspondence, flyers, and yearbooks of the local branch of an international organization interested in the education and development of children. Local members included teachers and administrators from Colorado Springs schools and others interested in the betterment of children’s education

Personal papers of Ruth Banning Lewis and her husband, Raymond Lewis, and business records from their cattle ranching operation, the Banning-Lewis Ranches. Correspondence, financial records, scrapbooks and clippings, photographs and subject files, largely concerning the Lewis’ raising of registered Hereford cattle, comprise the bulk of this collection. Also included are a small number of materials concerning Raymond’s second wife, Carla Dines Lewis, as well as plans, staring in the 1980s, for the development of the ranch property.

Manuscript: "A Brief History of Carroll Lakes." History of the property, including property owners, near Woodland Park, Colorado. Includes photocopied map.
1976 and undated

MSS 0078 SC

Tamara M. Teale, Ph. D.

(1 folder)

Manuscript: "Mr. William A. Bell: A Study of His Early Career Raises Many Questions." Written by Tamara M. Teale, Ph.D. in 2017. Manuscript includes a note on the text, historical context, and works cited.

Manuscript: “The Frank Waters Park: Words for the Dedication, Saturday, April 27.”
Typescript of a speech given by Alexander Blackburn at the dedication of Frank Waters Park in Colorado Springs

1991

MSS 0147 SC

Black History Scrapbooks

(2.25 c.f.)

The Black History Scrapbooks date from 1899-ca.1920s and consist of four scrapbooks. These scrapbooks are comprised of newspaper clippings and poetry regarding African American-related topics in Colorado as well as other parts of the United States.

Board of County Commissioners of El Paso County, Colorado Territory, Meeting Minutes

(1 folder)

5 pages of meeting minutes from the Board of County Commissioners
January 6, 1862-February 16, 1863

MSS 0113 SC

Board of Trade of Pueblo County, Scrapbooks

(1 linear ft.)

Two scrapbooks primarily containing newspaper clippings concerning business, including trade, manufacturing, and agriculture in Pueblo County, Colorado. Also included are the Board’s Articles of Association and Bylaws.

1874-1892

MSS 0062

Bookmarks

(.25 linear ft.)

Old and modern bookmarks, divided into four subject categories: Bookstores, Informational, Library/Book-related, Miscellaneous

See EPHEMERA

Leo Williams Bortree

(1 folder)

Manuscript: “Leo Williams Bortree: An Autobiography, 1883-1962.”
Autobiographical information about Colorado Springs physician Leo Williams Bortree, including his memories of Grace Episcopal Church and Colorado College, an outline of his personal and professional activities in the community, and his experiences as a commissioned physician in Denver during WWI.

1962

MSS 0143 SC

"A History of Boulder Park," manuscript

(2 pages)

"A History of Boulder Park," written by John A. Cunningham.

2015

MSS 0438 SC

The Brian Neher Quartet, Report

(1 folder)

Report about the Brian Neher Quartet, a jazz group, sponsored by the Colorado Springs Symphony, and funded by a CETA Cultural Project Grant.

Papers, primarily in scrapbooks, compiled by Irvin B. “Dad” Bruce, Colorado Springs resident and long-time officer, including chief of police, with the Colorado Springs Police Department. Scrapbooks include newspaper clippings, correspondence, memorabilia, photos, and other materials relating to criminal investigations in which Bruce was involved. Also included is information about his business dealings, conferences and conventions, and various congratulatory and/or well-wishes from local and national personages. A photo album contains pictures from the International Chief of Police Convention in Colorado Springs in 1950.

Manuscript: “Memories of Sylvester M. Buzzard.”
Typescript, probably of papers presented before annual gatherings of the Pioneer Association, by Sylvester M. Buzzard, an El Paso County resident who arrived in the Pikes Peak region in 1862. Buzzard recounts events from 1862-1868, including his memories of arriving in the Pikes Peak region, farming in the region, a trek through Salt Lake City on the way to Montana gold mines, and the 1868 attack by Indians on residents of El Paso County.

Correspondence consisting primarily of letters, memos, and telegrams between Albert E. Carlton of the Colorado Trading and Transfer Company and William K. Gillett of the Midland Terminal Railway Company largely concerning railway and trading company business in what is now Teller and El Paso Counties, Colorado. Items date from December, 1896 to May 1916, with the bulk of the correspondence occurring between 1896 and 1902.

Manuscript: “These Granite Hills: The Story of Man’s Interrelationship With the Rugged, Isolated Mountain Environment of Mueller State Park.”
Narrative history of Mueller State Park and its immediate environs assembled as background in anticipation of an interpretive program at the Park.

Undated

MSS 0081 SC

Casualty Lists – El Paso County, Colorado

(.25 linear ft.)

Notebook with newspaper obits and casualty lists (including MIA, KIA and POW) of WWII soldiers from El Paso County, Colorado.

Monthly board minutes of the Colorado Springs Child Guidance Center. Statistics and operating funds are also included throughout the minutes.

September 30, 1957 - November 19, 1964

MSS 0424 SC

Chinook Bookshop, Inc., Records

(3 c.f.)

This collection documents the history of the Chinook Bookshop, Inc. Materials include policy manuals, clippings, photographs, correspondence, newsletters, and memorabilia. The collection is not comprehensive and includes only a sampling of business records.

Citizens Project was established in 1992 by Amy Divine and Doug Triggs with the goal of promoting inclusion and respect for diversity. The collection contains 27.2 cubic feet of organizational records, subject files, newsletters, and photographs dating from 1983-2011, with the bulk of material covering 1991-2007.

A bound ledger of correspondence and legal documents regarding abstracts of title in the Pikes Peak region. This collection dates 1947-1948.

1947-1948

MSS 0459

Colorado Mountian Club

see PIKES PEAK GROUP, COLORADO MOUNTAIN CLUB

Colorado Mountain Reclamation Foundation Records

(.6 c.f.)

The Colorado Mountain Reclamation Foundation Records consist of a scrapbook, annual reports, reclamation plans, and various business and financial materials concerning the foundation’s goal of improving the aesthetics of three quarry sites that had been left scarred by decades of mining known as the “scars on the mountain.”

Material relating to the Centennial Celebration of Colorado Springs held in 1972. The majority of the collection is made up of ephemera, including programs, schedules of events, certificates and invitations. In addition, there are copies of a production, "The Century Force," which was put on at Penrose Stadium, and copies of a special supplement to Empire Magazine about the Colorado Springs centennial.

Twenty-five bound volumes of records including minute books, deed books, stock certificate books, journals, and ledgers of the Colorado Springs Company and affiliated organizations such as the Antlers Hotel Company and the National Land and Improvement Company. The bulk of these records date from the 1870s to the 1950s and document the founding of Colorado Springs, Colorado, including information about land sales and the establishment of businesses in the town.

Records, primarily press releases and other publicity, related to the dissemination of a Community Shelter Plan for Colorado Springs and El Paso County in 1968. The Community Shelter Plan was intended as a comprehensive compilation of information to be used by area residents in the event of a nuclear attack including what to do, where to go, and how to prepare shelters at home.

1968

MSS 0145 SC

Colorado Springs Pride Center Records

(4 c.f.)

The Colorado Springs Pride Center was one of the oldest LGBT community centers in the United States. The collection dates from 1987-2012 and includes Organizational Records, Printed Material, Scrapbooks, Media, and Photographs.

The Colorado Springs Public Forums provided "a demonstration in adult civic education sponsored by the Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior." Discussions focused on various themes.

1936

MSS 0352

Colorado Springs Rodeo Association, Records

(25 cubic ft.)

Use of this collection restricted. Records produced by the Colorado Springs Rodeo Association and its business entity, the Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo Association, during the organization, promotion and production of the annual Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Included are correspondence, annual reports, meeting minutes, financial information, scrapbooks, programs, photographs, audio and videotapes, sound recordings, ephemera and artwork. The bulk of the materials in this collection date from 1949 to 1989.

Packet of information from the 25th anniversary of the Colorado Springs World Affairs Council (1979-2004).

2004

MSS 0228 SC

Colorado Title and Trust Company, Account Ledger

(1.5 linear ft.)

Account ledger

Ca. 1927-1930

Original order

Richard S. Harwood

(1 folder)

Manuscript: "J. Arthur Connell." Life of J. Arthur Connell, president of the Colorado Title and Trust Company from 1902-1933. 15 pages, includes pictures.

2011

MSS 0365

Construction Specifications Institute - Pikes Peak Chapter

(5 c.f.)

The Construction Specifications Institute – Pikes Peak Chapter Records date from 1965-1997 and consist of business and financial records, conference and trade show material, journals, newsletters, and photographs.

Manuscript: "Helen Hunt Jackson." Biographical sketch of author Helen Hunt Jackson, published as an introduction in the 1900 Little, Brown, and Co. two volume Monterey edition of Ramona.

1900?

MSS 0122 SC

A. E. Cooper Records

(.4 c.f.)

The A.E. Cooper records date from 1880-1937 [1928-1937] and consist of correspondence, financial records and photographs. All material pertains to the building of a log cabin in Woodland Park, Colorado.

This collection consists primarily of membership records for the Colorado Springs Tent of the national patriotic women’s organization, the Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, 1861-1865. Membership records include the name of the member, age, address, place of birth, name of sponsor, and date of initiation. Also included is the name of father or grandfather who served in the Civil War, his rank, unit, enlistment and discharge dates, and G.A.R. post number.

Manuscript: Frederick Hill Meserve.
Short biographical narrative about Meserve written by his granddaughter. Also, transcribed letters written by Meserve to his family in 1888, during the time he worked at the Signal Station on top of Pikes Peak and on his return home to New York the following summer.

1985?

MSS 0082 SC

Georgia (Mrs. Stanley V.) Davis, Correspondence

(3 folders)

Letters written by Georgia (Mrs. Stanley V.) Davis of Cheyenne Mountain to Mrs. James K. Doughty of Lamar, Colorado, describing her daily activities

Records of the Colorado Springs, Colorado area chapter of the Delta Kappa Gamma Society, an international honor society for women in education. The collection includes the organization’s charter, minutes, annual reports, correspondence, financial records, necrologies, scrapbooks and publications. Also included are biographical and autobiographical typescripts about women educators in Colorado, many of which were submitted for use in the Omega State (Colorado) publications Up the Hemline and Torchbearers.

Papers of Colorado Springs, Colorado, residents Annie S. and Louis N. Depeyre. Louis Depeyre was a physician and founder of the Colorado Springs Electropathic Institute. A very small number of materials in this collection relate to the Institute, including a document establishing the business and a few financial records. The bulk of the papers contain information about investments made by the Depeyres, personal financial documents, and legal papers including wills.

Manuscript, "The Physical Factors of the State of Colorado and their Influence Upon the Exploration and Settlement of the State." Typescript. Folded map in pocket inside back cover.

CU 2

Dorothy Rehm

(1 folder)

"The Negro in Colorado Springs," manuscript.

1929

CU 24

Douglas R. McKay

(1 folder)

"Chasing the Cure at Nordrach Ranch: A History of Colorado's First Sanatorium of the Open Air," manuscript.

undated

CU 23

Downtown Colorado Springs, Inc. Urban Design Group, Records

(3 folders)

Meeting minutes and reports from the Urban Design Group committee of Downtown Colorado Springs, Inc. The goal of the committee was to evaluate, establish and promote a focus on new and existing opportunities for urban design creativity and achievement in Colorado Springs. The committee was established in early 1986 and met through early 1987.

1986-1987

MSS 0149 SC

Dr. Gerald B. Webb

(1 Folder)

Diary

MSS 0294

Susan T. Dunbar Scrapbook

(1 Scrapbook)

The scrapbook provides newspaper clippings written by Susan T. Dunbar from 1882 to 1890 that appeared in the Boston Transcript and other newspapers.

Records, including correspondence, meeting minutes, and scrapbooks documenting the activities of a Colorado Springs based charitable organization. The Ellen T. Brinley Guild was founded in 1932 for the purpose of assisting needy families in El Paso County. Early projects included clothing drives, Christmas stockings, aid to the blind, and supplementing school lunches. Through the years the Guild’s service area expanded to include other counties in Colorado as well as parts of Kansas and New Mexico. After World War II, Guild members assisted with war relief efforts by sending clothing, money and other supplies to needy families in European countries. The Guild also participated in the establishment of a juvenile detention home in Colorado Springs. The Brinley Guild was disbanded by its members in June of 1982

The El Paso County Bar Association Records date from 1884-1997 [1980-1996]. The records consist of administrative documents, research subject files, book production, printed material, media, and photographs. The majority of the records relate to the research and production of the book Before the Bar: A History of the El Paso County Bar Association, 1902-1995, created by the El Paso County Bar Association’s Committee on Legal Biography and History, which was published in 1996.

Book of stubs for “Permit to Move Building” (El Paso County, Colo.) Permits date from December 3, 1907 to March 20, 1911 and name building owner, contractor, kind of building, number of rooms, original location and final destination. Also includes fee collected and time allowed for moving structure.

1907-1911

MSS 0112 SC

El Paso County Health Department

(1 Folder)

Ephemera and book of laws.

1947-1993

MSS 0287

El Paso County Historical & Genealogical Records

(1 c.f.)

This artificial collection ranges from 1893-1983 [1965-1983] and consists of genealogical and historical information regarding El Paso County, Colorado. Material includes death indexes, a school district survey, a county history, and property information.

Two daily journals of newspaper clippings of legal notices from the Land Office at Pueblo, Colorado. Notices indicate individual settlers’ “intention to make final proof on land” before the El Paso County Clerk on a future date. Clippings are affixed in the journal on the date when final proof was to be made and include the name of the homesteader, legal description of property, and names of witnesses

1892 and 1894

MSS 0063

El Paso County. Office of the Clerk and Recorder, Tax Schedules

(26 linear ft.)

Tax schedules (inventories of "real and personal property"), for Colorado Springs, arranged chronologically by year, and within each year, alphabetically by name of taxpayer.

1872-1886

MSS 0184

El Paso County Republican Women

(9 c.f.)

The El Paso County Republican Women Records date 1938-2013 and includes Business Material, Scrapbooks, and Photographs.

Records in this collection relate to the El Paso County Superintendent's Office and date from 1880 until the office was abolished in 1975. Included are the superintendent's Annual Report. to the State Superintendent of Public Instruction (l907-1959), the superintendent's Record Books (1880-1963), teachers records (1890-1958), redistricting records (1895-1957), financial records (1950-1975), school board members records (1933-1975), tapes of school meetings (1965-1969), records of the El Paso County Teachers Association (1927-1974), and maps. These records reflect the superintendent's activities connected with the supervision of the school districts and teachers, redistricting and boundary changes, the keeping of records, and reports to the state superintendent.

Collection of clippings, brochures, photographs, papers and ephemera documenting some of the history of the Brady family and the Emory John Brady Hospital of Colorado Springs. The hospital was founded as the Colorado Springs Psychopathic Hospital by Dr. E. John Brady in 1923 and was renamed in honor of Dr. Brady following his death in 1943. The bulk of the material in this collection dates from the 1960s to 1981 and includes information about E. John Brady, his son E. James Brady, the psychiatric hospital and its programs and facilities.

Ledger book of expenses and memoranda from the Empire State Consolidated Gold Mining Company of Cripple Creek, Colorado

1901-1906

MSS 0061

Kenneth Englert, Papers

(2 cubic ft.)

Correspondence, research files, and ephemera created by or collected by Colorado Springs, Colorado, resident Kenneth Englert. Englert was interested in and wrote about the history of Colorado and the Rocky Mountain West. He was a member of the Denver Posse of the Westerners, the Ghost Town Club, and the Historical Society of the Pikes Peak Region, and many of the files in this collection reflect his activity in these organizations.

Manuscript: "Pikes Peak Pumps," by Eric Swab. Collection also includes a map of water systems for the Summit of Pikes Peak.

2016

MSS 0475 SC

Exchange National Bank Collection

(5 c.f.)

Annual reports, financial documentation, legal documentation, biographical information, building files, printed material, photographs, and artifacts document the history of the Exchange National Bank in Colorado Springs from 1888 to 1998.

Correspondence, financial documentation, legal documentation, reports, minutes, and assorted documentation from 1893 to 1966 highlight the financial workings of the First National Bank of Cripple Creek and Albert Eugene Carlton’s influence in mining companies and other business ventures in the city of Cripple Creek, Colorado, and throughout the United States.

Two volumes of Board of Trustee meeting minutes (1899-1910), two financial ledger books (1989-1901) and a bound volume containing a one page membership list [1900?]-1902 from the First Congregational Church of Gillett, which later merged with the First Congregational Church of Cripple Creek. Also included is a folder of miscellaneous bills and forms and several undated, handwritten letters.

1898-1912

MSS 0163

Nicholas Fontecchio, Papers

(.2 cubic ft.)

Clippings, correspondence, pamphlets and newspapers concerning labor activities in general and the Steel Workers and United Mine Workers Unions in particular. Nicholas Fontecchio was an international representative of the United Mine Workers of America and a District Director of the Steel Workers Organizing Committee. He was born in Italy in 1887 and died in Colorado Springs in 1965.

Manuscript: “Drug Store Cowboy.” Author’s recollections of downtown Colorado Springs around 1936. Includes brief descriptions of drug stores and other downtown business establishments and the names of people who worked at them.

1990

MSS 0116 SC

Len Froisland Collection on General William Jackson Palmer

(.5 c.f.)

Len Froisland, Glen Eyrie Historian, compiled two books of material relating to General William Jackson Palmer from 1861 to 2004.

Manuscript: “Historic Names in the Garden of the Gods.”
Names of individuals found on the major rocks in the Garden: North and South Gateway, White Rock, Grey Rock, Sleeping Indian, and Sentinel Rock, along with information about those people when known.

undated

MSS 0084 SC

Richard and Mary Ann Gehling

(1 folder)

Manuscript: “Platte River Itinerary, 1860 (Road Ranches and Stage Relay Stations Along the River Road Between Fort Kearney and Denver City).”

Undated

MSS 0086 SC

Richard and Mary Ann Gehling

(1 folder)

Manuscript: “Signatures in Stone: Traces of the Lawrence Party of Goldseekers in the Garden of the Gods.”
History of the Lawrence Party (from Lawrence, Kansas Territory) on their gold seeking trek through Colorado in the late 1850s.

Undated

MSS 0085 SC

George McKay Newspaper Clipping

(1 item)

Two pages from The Sunday Telegraph dated May 3, 1903. Article is titled, "Letters From a Naval Apprentice: A Colorado Springs Boy Writes of Life in Uncle Sam's Service." The clipping came from the Grout family, who owned a ranch in Sedalia, Colorado, and businesses in the area.

May 3, 1903

MSS 0488 SC (oversize)

George White Papers

(13 c.f.)

George White was an award-winning photographer, local historian, and accountant. He was also a charter member of the Colorado Springs Mineralogical Society and a member of the Ghost Town Club of Colorado. The George White Papers date from 1897-1999 [1923-1999] and include Business and Photography Material, Personal Material, Correspondence, Diaries and Appointment Books, Printed Material, VHS Taps, and Awards and Recognitions.

Summaries of yearly activities of the Ghost Town Club for the years 1944-1951, including membership lists, meeting reports, and a list of papers presented. Summaries were prepared by Raymond G. Colwell, the Club’s secretary.

1950-1951

MSS 0154 SC

Mark Gill

(1 folder)

Copy of a letter written in 1912 by Mark B. Gill of Fort Morgan, Colorado to Mrs. D. A. Harvey of Burdette, Colorado concerning the early history of Burdette Springs. In the letter, Gill recalls his acquaintance with William Burdette in the 1870s and describes a battle he witnessed between a wolf and a buffalo.

1912

MSS 0117 SC

James Gillett Collection

(.25 c.f.)

Architectural drawings highlight James Gillett's stonemason work in Colorado Springs.

2 scrapbooks of newspaper clippings covering the activities of Sam Deal, sheriff of El Paso County from January of 1935 to January of 1947. Clippings cover crimes in the county ranging from auto accidents to murders. Scrapbooks were likely compiled by Deal's deputy sheriff, Roy C. Glasier and almost all articles include reference to either Deal or Glasier.

Papers and photographs documenting the theater directing activities of Orvis Grout in Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek, Colorado. The bulk of the collection consists of scrapbooks of clippings, photos, and programs from the Colorado Springs Civic Theatre dating from Grout’s debut as their first professional director in 1946 to his final play with the group in 1979. Also included are clippings and programs from Grout’s work with the Imperial Players in Cripple Creek, a scrapbook from his plays at the Broadmoor, and materials from other area productions Grout directed.

Letter from Percy Hagerman to Colorado Springs Public Library employee Margaretta M. Boas recounting information about his father’s building of the Colorado Midland Railway.

1936

MSS 0158 SC

Hamlin Family Records

(2 c.f.)

The Hamlin Family Records, dating from 1893-2011 [1968-2011], cover the histories of the Hamlin family, the Zimmerman family, and Peyton, Colorado. Material includes manuscripts, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, and a plat map.

The Harrison School District Multicultural Curriculum Guide, 1981, was created by the Bilingual Multicultural Education Staff for the purpose of providing "cultural information which reflects the ethnic population of the Harrison School District."

Harry W. Hoth was the Mayor of Colorado Springs from 1963-1967, President and owner of KRDO, and President of the Junior Chamber of Commerce. His papers date from 1946-2000 and consist of business documents, campaign material, printed material, artifacts, and photographs.

The Heidi Vazquez Guy Records date from 1976-1995 [bulk: 1995] and include biographical files and VHS oral history tapes on Hispanic senior citizens in the Pikes Peak region. Guy created this project as part of the Girl Scout Gold Award, which is the highest achievement in Girl Scouting.

Financial papers, including income tax returns, deeds, estate papers, receipts and checks, pertaining to Herbert I. Reid. Also included are two sets of papers regarding the Eudora Mining and Milling Co. and the Ideal Gold Mining and Milling Co. It is unclear whether or not these papers relate in any way to Herbert I. Reid, but they have been included in the collection because they were received with Mr. Reid's papers. The collection also includes census records for the Reid family that were printed out by the donor.

"My Recollections of a Youngster's Life in Pioneer Colorado Springs, 1896-1094" manuscript

1966

CU 5

Herbert M. Sommers

(1 Folder)

"The History of the Big Burn," manuscript

undated

CU 5.1

Mary Haines Herriott, Correspondence

(1 folder)

Transcription of a letter from Mary Haines Herriott to Mrs. L. G. McKinley in which the author shares memories of Colorado Springs and of studying at Colorado College in 1889. Also included is a letter from Mrs. McKinley to Louise Kampf, Colorado College librarian, giving background information about Mrs. Herriott.

1957

MSS 0135 SC

Hertha Boughan

(1 Folder)

Biography

September 6, 2005

MSS 0251

Historical and Architectural Survey of Downtown Colorado Springs

(.5 c.f. )

Photocopies of records from a survey of buildings and locations in downtown Colorado Springs. Records include information about the historical and architectural significance of each site. The research was conducted from 2003-2004 by R. Laurie Simmons and Thomas H. Simmons as part of the Colorado Springs Downtown Historic Survey project and survey results were compiled on the inventory forms that make up this collection. Survey results were also included in the publication Historical and Architectural Survey of Downtown Colorado Springs, 2003-04, Survey Report (City of Colorado Springs, 2004).

2003-2004

MSS 0230

Historical Essay Contest

(1 Folder)

Historical essays written by schoolchildren in Colorado. Essays include: "The Government of the Town of Kit Carson," "District Three Hundred," and "The Wild Horse Post Office."

1976

MSS 0277

Historical Society of the Pikes Peak Region, Records

(4.1 cubic ft.)

Records of the Historical Society of the Pikes Peak Region, an organization founded in 1950 to stimulate interest in, preserve, and promote publication about the region’s history. The Society’s business records (1949-1976) include annual reports, correspondence, and information about their involvement in activities such as programs, study trips and the preservation of the region’s historical sites. Four scrapbooks (1950-1971) compiled by the Society contain newspaper clippings concerning the history of the Pikes Peak Region.

Photocopies of State Inventory Forms, sometimes accompanied by clippings or other background information, completed during a 1976 survey, sponsored by the El Paso County Land Use Department, of potentially historic sites and structures within El Paso County, Colorado. The inventory forms generally include site name, address, owner, physical description, and information about its significance. The final product of this survey was Elaine Freed and David Barber’s book Historic Sites and Structures, El Paso County, Colorado, but the research files contain information not available in the publication. An index to the forms is available.

This collection consists of a survey examining four residential properties, one industrial property, and a retaining wall along Shooks Run, to determine their historical significance. The survey was conducted in 2014 and includes a survey report, architectural inventory forms, linear component forms, management data forms, and photographs.

Transcription of November 22, 1974, Ghost Town Club meeting. The topic for the evening was an open discussion of the previous thirty years of the club. Donated by Ed & Nancy Bathke.

November 22, 1974

CU 39.164

Carey Holbrook

(1 folder)

Manuscript: "Fabulous Skaguay"
Short essay covering the history of the Skagway hydroelectric plant in Teller County, Colorado

Undated

MSS 0119 SC

Irving Howbert, Papers

(2.7 cubic ft.)

Papers relating to the business and personal matters of Irving Howbert, prominent Colorado Springs area resident, businessman, and author. The bulk of the materials in this collection date from 1894 to 1918 and give a brief overview of the business and political affairs of Colorado in general and Colorado Springs in particular during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Music-related clippings, event programs, and newsletters collected by local Colorado Springs music teachers, Elizabeth Hamlin Hylbom and Verda Bell McCleary Lawrie. Hylbom and Lawrie collected the materials while living in New York City and Colorado Springs over the period from 1925-1991.

Hand-written and hand-drawn pamphlet recounting the life and death of Helen Maria (Fiske) Hunt Jackson (1831-1885). Text, title and some drawings are the same as Frank S. Thayers’ 1886 publication by the same name.

undated

MSS 0148 SC

International Tesla Society

(.4 cubic ft.)

Records, including bylaws, meeting minutes and newsletters, of the International Tesla Society, a Colorado Springs based organization whose purpose included increasing awareness of Nikola Tesla and his inventions, the presentation of Tesla symposiums, and the maintenance of the Tesla museum. The International Tesla Society declared bankruptcy in 1999.

Two items relating to artist John Singer Sargent and the Palmer family. Item 1: An August 26, 2017, newspaper clipping from the Times, "Portrait of a Gilded Age: The Women who Sat for Sargent." The article discusses Sargent's 1890 portrait of Elsie Palmer. Item 2: A 2017 program by the National Trust titled, "The Queen of Ightham Mote - an American Interlude: Queen Palmer, John Singer Sargent and their Circle."

2017

MSS 0497 SC

John Singer Sargent / Palmer Collection

(2 folders)

Two items relating to artist John Singer Sargent and the Palmer family. Item 1: An August 26, 2017, newspaper clipping from the Times, "Portrait of a Gilded Age: The Women who Sat for Sargent." The article discusses Sargent's 1890 portrait of Elsie Palmer. Item 2: A 2017 program by the National Trust titled, "The Queen of Ightham Mote - an American Interlude: Queen Palmer, John Singer Sargent and their Circle."

Juan A. del Regato, M.D. (1909-1999) discusses his personal and professional memories in this transcript, including growing up in Cuba, his medical training in France, and his achievements at the Penrose Cancer Hospital.

The Junior League of Colorado Springs Records documents the programs created and/or maintined by the women's organization from 1924 to 2007 through 16 cubic feet of case files, annual reports, minutes, yearbooks, publications, financial documentation, legal documentation, scrapbooks, ephemera, clippings, electronic media, and artifacts. Programs of the Junior League of Colorado Springs started with the Nutrition Camp in 1924 and continued throughout the 21st century to focus on children, women, teens, adults, elderly and those with disabilities, appealing to a wide segment of the Colorado Springs community.

Records of the League of Women Voters of the Pikes Peak Region, a non-partisan organization established, as part of the National League of Women Voters, to ‘promote political responsibility through informed and active participation of citizens in government.’ Materials in this collection document the activities of the Colorado Springs area League from its inception in 1938 through the 1990’s and include correspondence, annual reports, meeting minutes, subject (research) files, newsletters, publications, scrapbooks, ephemera and audio and video tapes.

"Cripple Creek Railroads: A Quick History of the Great Gold Camp's Railroads," manuscript.

1968

CU 6.4

Leland Feitz

(1 Folder)

Colorado Trolleys: A Quick History of the Mountain State's Streecar Lines," manuscript.

1971

CU 6.5

Leland Feitz

(1 Folder)

"The Antlers: A Quick History of Colorado Springs' Historic Hotel," manuscript.

1972

CU 6.6

Leonard K. Smith

(1 Folder)

"Trails of Empire," typescript

CU 3.1

Leonard K. Smith

(1 Folder)

Manuscript, "On the Old Frontier: Fragments of Forgotten History."

CU 3

Ruth Banning Lewis, Papers

(2.2 cubic ft.)

Personal papers of Ruth Banning Lewis, including schoolwork, professional correspondence, clippings, and political (largely anti-liberal and anti-Communist) mailings and publications. Among her many civic activities, Ruth Banning Lewis served on the Colorado Springs’ District Eleven Board of Education from 1923-1935, was on the Colorado Springs City Council from 1943-1949, and was an organizer of the Volunteer Nurse’s Aide Corps, and portions of this collection reflect her participation and interests in those organizations.

Correspondence to Grace Strong Lightfoot from family members, including Charles F. Strong of Lawrence, Kansas and Grace’s husband, W. J. Lightfoot, who was U. S. Deputy Mineral Surveyor and wrote from Cripple Creek, Colorado from 1892-1896.

Manuscript: “Mansion of a Magnate: Glen Eyrie, Home of Gen. William J. Palmer”

[1956?]

MSS 0075 SC

Nancy Loe

(1 cubic foot)

Manuscript and photo control logs for the book Life in the Altitudes: An Illustrated History of Colorado Springs by Nancy Loe, former head of the Local History & Genealogy department for the Pikes Peak Library District.

This collection consists of materials created and collected by the Colorado Springs Mineralogical Society. The collection includes administrative and financial records, minutes, clippings, scrapbooks, membership information, correspondence, newsletters, gem and mineral show materials, ephemera, and plaques. The materials start in 1944 and are being donated on an ongoing basis.

Bound card expressing appreciation to architect Charles E. Thomas for the donation of the design and plans for the Minerva Club House. Card includes photograph of club house and signatures of the Alumnae.

Undated

MSS 0179 SC

Mines & Mining Documents, Collection

(2.75 linear ft.)

Misc mining documents, including mine reports, stock certificates, stock ledgers, deeds, correspondence, etc. from various mines in Colorado. This includes several individual collections (such as the Hanna collection of stock certificates) as well as individual items.

Ca. 1872-1928

MSS 0260

Mohl Family Papers

(7.6 c.f.)

The Mohl Family Papers date from 1905-1997 [1932-1997] and consist of correspondence, business and financial records, personal files, translated material, and printed material.

Photocopies of letters written by Ruth Mary Noble from Tracy and Divide, Colorado, to her family in Cripple Creek in 1904. Letters describe Noble’s move to Tracy and her experience teaching school in Divide.

1904

MSS 0132 SC

NORAD Combat Operations Center Records

(5 folders)

The NORAD Combat Operations Center (COC) Records are dated 1961 and contain correspondence, a pamphlet, a briefing script, and a progress chart on the construction of the COC.

This .25 c.f. artificial collection of cancelled checks, certificates of deposit, and check registers documents the history of banking and business in the Cripple Creek Mining District from 1890 to 1943.

Papers concerning the membership and involvement of Colorado Springs residents Gordon and Sophia Parker in William Dudley Pelley’s national organization, the Silver Shirts. The collection contains correspondence between Gordon Parker and Pelley’s Galahad College, as well as pamphlets, flyers, mailings and other materials sent by Pelley relating to his religious teachings and his anti-government, anti-Semitic ideology.

Records, including meeting minutes and an initial survey, of a group established in 1987 as a broad-based partnership of organizations and individuals whose purpose was to improve the appearance, livability, and economic health of the Colorado Springs area through the development of long-range urban design goals and strategies and immediate design projects.

1987-1988

MSS 0150 SC

Elizabeth Cowles Partridge

see COWLES, ELIZABETH

Past as Prologue

(2.5 c.f.)

The Past as Prologue in Colorado Springs Records date from 1910-1982 [1979-1982] and consist of business records, printed material, questionnaires, and photographs.

Manuscript: "Solving the Mystery of the Colorado Brown Stain."
Short history of the study of the cause of ‘mottled enamel’ or ‘brown stain’ on the teeth of people in certain parts of the country, including those from the Colorado Springs area. Eventually the cause was determined to be an excess of fluoride in the water supplies.

[1994?]

MSS 0089 SC

Colorado City Petitions, Additions, and Rights of Way Records

(.45 c.f.)

The Colorado City Petitions, Additions, and Rights of Way Records are dated 1897-1917.

Correspondence, patent application and diagrams for Colorado Springs resident Nathan C. Pickard’s Automatic Unloading Devices for Vehicles intended to be used to unload loose material such as coal, sand, gravel and grain by means of power obtained from a truck engine rather than by hand.

1929-1930

MSS 0156 SC

Pike National Forest

(2.8 cubic ft.)

Manuscripts, maps, notes, articles etc. re Pike National Forest and activities in and around it
Most items are microfilmed (2 reels)

Records, including meeting minutes, competition results, newsletters, and yearbooks of the Pikes Peak Camera Club, an organization established in 1930 to ‘aid and benefit, by mutual cooperation, those interested in photography.’ In addition to regular workshops and meetings, the Club holds monthly photograph competitions for its members and an annual Salon, a competition open to all amateur and professional photographers in the region.

This collection consists primarily of original records of daily precipitation measurements - commonly referred to as ‘Raincheck’ - for the Pikes Peak region from 1967 through 2002. Most recordings were made by volunteer observers for the Pikes Peak Chapter of the American Meteorological Society. There is no data available for 1972 and 1973. Annual summary sheets are included for the years 1976 through 1999. Also included is a 1983 summary of fifty years worth of weather records recorded at the Broadmoor Golf Courses.

This collection contains material from the Pikes Peak Family Counseling and Mental Health Center and, more specifically, from its two parent organizations, Associated Charities and the Colorado Springs Child Guidance Clinic. Early records include casebooks, correspondence, meeting minutes and annual reports. Later material consists largely of news clippings and board records.

Records of the Pikes Peak Genealogical Society, an organization established in 1980 to promote an interest in genealogy among residents of the Pikes Peak Region of Colorado through programs and classes, meetings, publications, cooperation with the genealogy section of the Pikes Peak Library District, and documentation of members’ family trees. Records include annual reports, correspondence, financial records, meeting minutes, and newsletters.

Records of the Pikes Peak Group of the Colorado Mountain Club comprise materials from 1923-2001, and provide information of the groups' activities in the Pikes Peak region. The materials include meeting minutes, membership lists, financial reports, correspondence and club activity reports. Formed as part of the statewide Colorado Mountain Club in 1919, the group is involved in wildflower exhibits, conservation issues such as reducing recreational impact on the land, scheduled hiking, and many outdoor activities throughout the seasons. The bulk of this collection dates from 1931-1975.

"The Pikes Peak People: The Story of America's Most Popular Mountain," manuscript.

1966

CU 8

Pikes Peak Republican Women's Roundtable, Scrapbooks

(2 cubic ft.)

Scrapbooks compiled by the Pikes Peak Republican Women's Roundtable, a women's organization established in 1958 and affiliated with the Colorado Federation of Republican Women. The organization's objectives include promoting the purposes of the Republican party and encouraging an informed electorate. Scrapbooks in this collection document the activities of the Roundtable and include clippings, photographs, annual reports and copies of their newsletter, the Trunkline. Scrapbooks from 1985-1989 include clippings about local Republican women candidates and office holders

The National Industrial Recovery Act created the Public Works Administration in the federal government on June 16, 1933 as an effort to stabilize employment and increase purchasing power during the Great Depression. Colorado Springs benefited from this program with financial support for various projects in the city. Projects included: Bijou Street bridge and viaduct, Uintah Street and Mesa Road bridges over Monument Creek, a new sewage plant, street improvements, rerouting Pikes Peak Auto Highway, Boulder Street bridge, a new fire station, Catamount Dam construction, north slope water development, and a pipeline at Manitou Springs hydro plant. Case files, correspondence, negatives, file cards, and blueprints comprise this collection of 9.6 cubic feet concerning Colorado Springs involvement in the Public Works Administration. Case files of the projects may include legal notices, correspondence, financial documentation, legal documentation, assessments, specifications, reports, and cost estimates from 1910 to 1959. Some items are not necessarily associated with the Public Works Administration Program.

Correspondence from Pulitzer Prize winning author Conrad Richter to Colorado Springs resident John Cameron Gardner, Jr. Topics include Richter’s novels, time spent in California and New Mexico, writing in general, the stock market, health, religion, and Richter's family. John Gardner and Conrad Richter likely met when they both lived in Albuquerque, New Mexico in the late 1920s. Conrad Richter died in 1968 and letters in the collection from the 1970s were written by Richter's daughter.

Robert Martin was employed by the City of Colorado Springs and served as the City Engineer. This collection dates 1969-1972 and contains proposals, plans, and correspondence for areas around Colorado Springs including Keller Park, Memorial Park, and the Colorado Springs Airport.

Manuscript: “Glass Works of Colorado City.”
Brief history of the Glass Works, a glass bottle making plant in Colorado City, Colorado between 1889 and 1899.

1968

MSS 0090 SC

Idabelle Sullivan Robinson

(1 folder)

Manuscript: “Memories of My Grandmother.”
Recollections by Idabelle Sullivan Robinson about her grandmother’s life and family events primarily in Ramah, Colorado in the early 1900s. There is also a very brief mention of Cripple Creek and Elkton, Colorado.

1983

MSS 0077 SC

Rosemae Wells Campbell Papers

(1.6 cubic feet)

Rosemae Wells Campbell was a long-time resident of Colorado Springs. She worked at Colorado College as a teacher and librarian and also wrote numerous books. The Rosemae Wells Campbell Papers date from 1904-1991 [1921-1991] and consist of Personal Documents, Professional and Librarianship Documents, Gyroscopes and Tops, and Printed Material.

Manuscript: "Florissant – Then and Now."
Brief history of Florissant, Colorado.

1987

MSS 0091 SC

Reynold Seibel Papers

(25 c.f.)

25 c.f. of survey files, case files, maps, field notebooks and publications comprise the Reynold Seibel Papers from 1886 to 1993, documenting survey work in El Paso County, Park County, and Teller County.

Correspondence, floorplans and memorabilia from various buildings in Colorado Springs, relating mostly to historic preservation

MSS 0250

Shepard's Citations Records

(.5 c.f.)

Shepard's Citations publishes citation indexes used in in United States legal research. The Shepard's Citations Records date from 1904-1993 and include Correspondence, Business Material, Printed Material, and Photographs.

Records, including bylaws, correspondence, meeting minutes, and membership lists of the Pikes Peak Chapter of the Colorado Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, a men’s patriotic organization, and its predecessor, the Colorado Springs Chapter. Records date from 1908-1915 and 1988-2012.

Case files, photos, printer’s paste-ups, and one publication highlight businesses and institutions in Colorado Springs in the early 1980s through the publication of the First Catalogue: Colorado Springs and The Pikes Peak Region: The Selective Guide to Good Living.

Personal papers of Colorado historian and author Marshall Sprague. The bulk of this collection dates from the 1930s to the 1980s and includes diaries, research files, writings and autobiographical audiotapes. Correspondence in this collection primarily consists of letters between Sprague and his editors, people commenting on his writings, and other Colorado history authors, though there is also some personal correspondence. The materials in this collection largely document Sprague’s professional career as a writer, though his hobbies such as chess, bird watching, and playing jazz piano are readily apparent, as is his obvious affection for his wife, Edna Jane.

Photocopy of a letter written by Lucien Bertrand Squier to J. Charles O’Brien in which the author describes arriving in Colorado Springs, his general impression of the area, and attitude toward mining investments.

1895

MSS 0133 SC

Merell Folsom

(1 Folder)

Manuscript: "Stage Coach Route from Colorado City to Denver in the 1860s."

2016

MSS 0469 SC

Lillian M. Starrett, Woman's Christian Temperance Union Collection

(.4 cubic ft.)

Pamphlets, flyers, clippings and other published materials related to the Woman's Christian Temperance Union.

Journal kept by 17 year old Helen F. Stephenson while camping with her family in North Cheyenne Canyon near Colorado Springs in the summer of 1905. Transcribed by Stephenson’s daughter, Ida Robertson Miles.

1905 (transcription: 1997)

MSS 0076 SC

Wayne Steward

(1 folder)

Manuscript: "South Park, Colorado, 1919"
Author’s recollections of working for the Epperson Family on a ranch in South Park, Colorado in 1919.

Records produced by, collected by or relating to Henry Chase Stone, a prominent businessman of Colorado Springs, Colorado, and a veteran of World Wars I and II. Included in this collection are correspondence, photographs, awards, clippings and other materials documenting portions of Stone’s life and activities. The bulk of this collection dates from 1917, when Stone enlisted in the U. S. Navy, to 1946, when he resigned his commission as head of the Recruitment and Manning Organization of the War Shipping Administration.

The Winfield Scott Stratton Legal Records date from 1901-1915 and consist of legal material including his last will and testament, and claims to his estate. All documents in this collection are photocopies from the Colorado State Archive.

Milton Strong was a nationally known construction engineer. He assisted in the construction of the Broadmoor Hotel, Mount Manitou Incline, Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, and Will Rogers Shrine of the Sun, among many other projects. The Milton Strong Papers date from 1882-1978 [1885-1954] and consist of Business Material, Personal Material, Correspondence, Printed Material, and Artifacts.

Bylaws, correspondence flyers and newsletters for the Adams County based Trail Users Council of Colorado, a non-profit corporation whose goal was to ‘provide a medium through which all types of recreational trail users can work together for adequate maintenance and extension of trail systems and to provide a channel of communication among all trail users.’ The organization was founded in 1973.

A Trip to Colorado in 1878 written by S. A. Gardner of Peoria, Illinois, from the Peoria Evening Call, discusses Manitou Springs.

July 27, 1878

MSS 0350

Jill R. Trout

(1 folder)

Manuscript: "Communities of Yesterday"
History of the area to the north of Colorado Springs now owned by the United States Air Force Academy, including information about communities, ranches and individuals.

1988

MSS 0126 SC

Josephine Tutt Mills Scrapbooks

(1.2 cubic feet)

The Josephine Tutt Mills Scrapbooks consist of seven scrapbooks dating from ca. 1920s-1930s. The majority of the scrapbooks consist of clippings regarding horse shows and races.

Records, primarily reports to the board and monthly meeting minutes, of the Visiting Nurse Association of the Pikes Peak Region, a health care oriented organization established in 1907 and in operation until 1986. Interested in all aspects of nursing and health care, the Association was instrumental in establishing and/or maintaining many public health programs in Colorado Springs and El Paso County such as clinics for the needy, dental clinics, child welfare clinics, school nursing, community health education, and professional home health care. Materials in this collection provide good insight into health and the evolution of health care in the Pikes Peak region through much of the 1900s.

Business records, including correspondence and product orders, from Vollmer Brothers, a Colorado Springs based Ford automobile dealer and distributor of Fordson Tractors and other agricultural equipment doing business in southern Colorado and northern New Mexico. The dealership was founded in 1913 by brothers Cornelius (Neil) J. and Paul F. Vollmer and remained in business until its sale to Doenges Motor company in 1945.

Manuscript: [History of the Colorado Audubon Society]
Brief early history of the Colorado Audubon Society, founded in March of 1913. Includes names of officers and board members and information about Society activities.

1915

MSS 0171 SC

Edward R. Warren, Papers

(.2 cubic ft.)

Notes made by Edward R. Warren during his observation of beavers and other mammals in Colorado and especially in El Paso County. The collection includes photographs of beaver dams and evidence of beaver activity along Monument Creek in El Paso County, Colorado. Also included is a census of big game and fur-bearing mammals in Colorado counties in the 1930s. Edward Warren was a nationally known naturalist and the author of several books about Colorado wildlife.

Edited transcript of interviews conducted with Ila Weeks Burcham and Mary Weeks Marshall in 1984. The women were interviewed by family members about their recollections of growing up in Colorado City from 1905-1911 and include memories of the Weeks and the Jacob Schmidt families of Colorado City, Colorado as well as other people in their neighborhood.

[1984]

MSS 0165 SC

Weinstein Honeymoon Collection

(.226 c.f.)

The Weinstein Honeymoon Collection is dated 1939 and includes hotel receipts, stationary, brochures, photographs, and event schedules from the Colorado honeymoon of Dr. Irving and Lily Weinstein.

West Central Regional Conference of the National Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs, Scrapbook,

(1 folder)

Scrapbook of clippings, conference program, and songs from the First Regional Conference of the West Central Regional Conference of the National Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs which met in Manitou Springs, Colorado in June of 1930.

1930

MSS 0096 SC

Western Art Digest

(5 c.f.)

Correspondence, biographical files, layouts and dummies, etc. from Artists of the Rockies and the Golden West and Western Art Digest

Two plays: A signed copy of “An Evening with Henry McAllister,” September 15, 1980, by Jerry Brown and “My Wife Shall Be A Lady,” undated.

unknown, September 15, 1980

MSS 0400

Westside Intensive Survey

(.2 c.f.)

Photocopies of records from a survey of buildings and locations in the Westside neighborhood of Colorado Springs. Records include information about the historical and architectural significance of each site. The research was conducted from 1980-1981 by Deborah Edge Abele as part of the Colorado Springs Cultural Resource Survey and survey results were compiled on the inventory forms that make up this collection. Survey results were also included in the publication The Westside: An Introduction To Its History and Architecture (City of Colorado Springs, 1983)

John Eastham opened Whickerbill Gifts in 1957. The store sold gifts including glassware, pottery, stoneware, and china. The Whickerbill Gifts Records date from 1937-2013 [1961-2013] and contain business and financial records, advertising, clippings, and miscellaneous material.

Research files, correspondence, community files, personal files, photographs, and scrapbooks document local author, Rhoda Davis Wilcox’s interest in Colorado Springs history and community involvement from 1871 to 2000.

Members atmitted to MWA Tuberculosis Sanatorium dated 1923-1938; "To Enter 'San' as Patient," by John E. Swanter, Superintent, January 1928; "Happenings at Sanatorium," by John E. Swanger, Superintendent dated January 1929

1923-1938

Myron Wood, Photo Auction Records

(.8 cubic feet)

The Myron Wood Photo Auction was held September 21, 1991, at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center. The auction was presented by the Friends of the Pikes Peak Library District and all profits were donated to the Local History department of the Pikes Peak Library District (now called Special Collections). Approximately 150 original signed prints were offered with bids starting at $50. The collection dates from 1974-1992 [1991] and consists of administrative records, artifacts, and slides.

[Summary of Real Property Survey of Colorado Springs]
Report including overview of data gathering method and a general summary of the results of a 1936 real property survey conducted in Colorado Springs by the Works Progress Administration. Among data reported is structure type, date constructed, number of rooms, age and race of persons in dwelling units, plumbing equipment and length of occupancy.

1936-1937

MSS 0153 SC

World's Fair Century of Progress Colorado Silver Dollar

(1 item)

1933 World's Fair Century of Progress Colorado 1 oz Type IV Silver Dollar. From the John William Peck Estate.

1933

MSS 0453 SC

Colorado Festival of World Theatre

(.7 c.f.)

The Colorado Festival of World Theatre Records date from 2003-2009 and include business documents, programs, flyers, and posters.

Zonta Club of the Pikes Peak Area was established in 1949 with the purpose of advancing the status of women and serving the community. Business and financial documents, events, printed material, awards, scrapbooks, and photographs comprise the Zonta Club of the Pikes Peak Area Records, 1949-2006 [1974-2006].